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Historical Birthday

16 Dec 1584
John Selden English jurist and oriental scholar (d. 1654)
16 Dec 1614
Eberhard III Duke of Wrttemberg (d. 1674)
16 Dec 1716
Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini Duc de Nivernais French diplomat and writer (d. 1798)
16 Dec 1717
Elizabeth Carter English poet bluestocking and translator (All the Works of Epictetus Which Are Now Extant) born in Deal England (d. 1806)
16 Dec 1742
Gebhard Frst Blcher von Wahlstatt German Field Marshal (d. 1819)
16 Dec 1776
Johann Wilhelm Ritter German physicist (d. 1810)
16 Dec 1777
Janos Fusz Hungarian-German composer born in Tolna Hungary (d. 1819)
16 Dec 1787
Mary Russell Mitford English writer (d. 1855)
16 Dec 1804
Viktor Bunyakovsky Russian mathematician (d. 1889)
16 Dec 1809
Peter P van Bosse Dutch attorneyliberal minister of Finance
16 Dec 1812
William Grose American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Dayton Ohio (d. 1900)
16 Dec 1819
Robert Selden Garnett Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1861)
16 Dec 1825
Henry Heth Major General (Confederate Army) (d. 1899)
16 Dec 1827
John A C Oudemans Dutch geographerastronomer
16 Dec 1828
John Beatty American banker statesman and Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Sandusky Ohio (d. 1914)
16 Dec 1830
John Frederick Hartranft American politician 17th Governor of Pennsylvania (1873-1879) and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in New Hanover Township Pennsylvania (d. 1889)
16 Dec 1834
Leon Walras French economist (border use theory)
16 Dec 1850
Fred Morley cricketer (legendary Notts & England bowler 1880-83)
16 Dec 1851
Theodoor H de Meester Dutch premier (1905-08)
16 Dec 1857
E. E. [Edward Emerson] Barnard American astronomer (Jupiters 5th satellite) born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1923)
16 Dec 1861
Antonio de La Gandara French painter (d. 1917)
16 Dec 1862
Eugene Demolder Belgian writer (Sous la robe)
16 Dec 1863
George Santayana Spanish philosopherpoethumanist (Last Puritan)
16 Dec 1863
Ralph Adams Cram American gothic architect (Cathedral of St Joan NYC)
16 Dec 1867
Amy Carmichael missionary in Dohnavur India (d. 1951)
16 Dec 1869
Albert F Pollard British historian (Dict of natural biography)
16 Dec 1869
Hristo Tatarchev Bulgarian revolutionary (d. 1952)
16 Dec 1872
Anton Ivanovich Denikin Russian general (d. 1947)
16 Dec 1879
William Duncan Scottish actor (Hopalong Rides Again Thunder Trail) born in Dundee Tayside Scotland (d. 1961)
16 Dec 1882
Jack Hobbs cricketer (1st-class runs the most ever)
16 Dec 1882
John Berry Hobbs England 1st cricket played knighted (1953)
16 Dec 1882
Walther Meissner German physicist (Meissner effect)
16 Dec 1882
Zoltn Kodly Hungarian composer (d. 1967)
16 Dec 1883
Max Linder French actor comic and director (Seven Years Bad Luck Max Prend un Bain) born in Saint-Loubs Gironde France (d. 1925)
16 Dec 1888
Alexander I king of the Kingdom of Serbs Croats and Slovenes (192129) and of Yugoslavia (192934) born in Cetinje Montenegro (d. 1934)
16 Dec 1892
A Shon Nene Morales AntilleanNeth very old lady
16 Dec 1892
Cameron PrudHomme American actor (The Rainmaker) born in Auburn New York (d. 1967)
16 Dec 1893
Vladimir Golschmann conductor with Immortal Downbeat born in Paris France
16 Dec 1897
Jacobus Petrus Duminy cricketer (three Tests for South Africa 1927-29)
16 Dec 1897
Paul Neuhuys Belgian playwright and poet (Le Canari et le Cerise) born in Antwerp Belgium (d. 1984)
16 Dec 1899
Noel Coward England playwright (In Which We Serve-1942 Acad Award)
16 Dec 1900
Victor S Pritchett literary criticauthor (Myth Makers)
16 Dec 1903
Hardie Albright American actor (Silver Streak Scarlet Letter) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 1975)
16 Dec 1903
Rafael Alberti Spanish poet (El hombre deshabitado)
16 Dec 1906
Lord Margadale English Conserv parliament leaderlarge landowner
16 Dec 1907
Ray C Bliss (R) Ohio State Republican Chairman
16 Dec 1907
Syd Curnow cricketer (South African batsman in 7 Tests 1930-32)
16 Dec 1907
Barbara Kent Canadian actress (Lonesome Flesh and the Devil) born in Gadsby Alberta Canada (d. 2011)
16 Dec 1908
Remedios Varo Angls Spain Spain-Mexican Surrealist artist
16 Dec 1909
Henricus Verbunt civil servantresistance fighter
16 Dec 1909
Lall Singh cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in Indias 1st Test match)
16 Dec 1910
Freddie Brown Peru cricketer (Lettuces Hearts as big as )
16 Dec 1915
Georgy Sviridov Soviet neoromantic composer (The Blizzard Time Forward)
16 Dec 1918
Pierre Delano French songwriter and lyricist (d. 2006)
16 Dec 1919
Manke Nelis [Cornelis Pieters] Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy)
16 Dec 1922
Cy Leslie American music and video executive (d. 2008)
16 Dec 1922
Anthony Simmons British writer and film director (The Optimists of Nine Elms) born in London (d. 2016)
16 Dec 1923
Tip [Silvio A] Marugg Antillian writer (Weekend pilgrimage)
16 Dec 1927
G Randall P D Garrett American sci-fi writer (Takeoff (too))
16 Dec 1927
Peter [Malcolm] Dickinson Zambia sci-fi author (Heartsease)
16 Dec 1928
Philip K[indred] Dick US sci-fi author (Hugo-1963 Blade Runner) born in Chicago Illinois
16 Dec 1929
Doug Ford Australian cricket wicket-keeper (successful NSW of 50s) born in Maryville New South Wales
16 Dec 1929
Ian Board British barkeeper (the Colony Room) born in Devon (d.1994)
16 Dec 1929
Nicholas Courtney British actor (Doctor Who Incendiary) born in Cairo Egypt (d. 2011)
16 Dec 1930
Bill Young American politician (Congress 1993-2013) born in Harmarville Pennsylvania (d. 2013)
16 Dec 1931
Shelby Singleton American record label owner and producer (Smash Records Mercury Records) born in Waskom Texas (d. 2009)
16 Dec 1932
Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin composer (Humpback Horse) born in Moscow Russia
16 Dec 1932
Quentin Blake English illustrator British Childrens Laureate (1999-2001) born in Sidcup England
16 Dec 1936
Morris Dees founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center
16 Dec 1937
Jim Glaser Spalding Neb singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again)
16 Dec 1937
Joe Farrell American jazz saxophonist born in Chicago Heights Illinois (d. 1986)
16 Dec 1937
Joyce Bulifant American actress (Marie- The Mary Tyler Moore Show) born in Newport News Virginia
16 Dec 1937
Edward Ruscha American artist (Pop Art) born in Omaha Nebraska
16 Dec 1938
Liv Ullmann Norwegian actress and director (The Emigrants Persona) born in Tokyo Japan
16 Dec 1942
Donald Carcieri American politician governor of Rhode Island
16 Dec 1943
Anthony Tony Hicks Nelson Lancashire British rock guitarist (The Hollies)
16 Dec 1943
Steven Bochco American television showrunner producer and writer (Murder in the First Hill St Blues LA Law St Elsewhere NYPD Blue) born in NYC New York (d. 2018)
16 Dec 1944
John Abercrombie American jazz guitarist born in Portchester New York (d. 2017)
16 Dec 1944
Yosemite Sam Warner Bros. cartoon character created by Friz Freleng (Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series) first debuts in Stage Door Cartoon
16 Dec 1945
Patti Deutsch American actress and Match Game panelist
16 Dec 1945
Bobby George English professional darts player
16 Dec 1946
Adriaan van Dis Dutch TV hostwriter (Promised Country)
16 Dec 1946
Benny Andersson Swedish composer and musician (ABBA) born in Stockholm Sweden
16 Dec 1946
Trevor Pinnock English conductor and harpsichordist
16 Dec 1947
Ben Cross English actor (Chariots of Fire Star Trek) born in London England
16 Dec 1947
Vincent Matthews American 400m dash (Olympic gold 1972)
16 Dec 1949
Billy Gibbons American jazz-rock guitarist (Moving Sidewalks ZZ Top) born in Houston Texas
16 Dec 1950
Caroline Munro Windsor actress (Golden Voyage of Sinbad) [or 116]
16 Dec 1950
Ieremia Tabai President of Kiribati (Gilbert Islands) (1979-91)
16 Dec 1950
Claudia Cohen American gossip columnist and socialite (d. 2007)
16 Dec 1952
Joel Garner Christ Church Barbados West Indian cricketer (two-metre West Indian pace bowler 1977-87)
16 Dec 1954
Joslyn Y Hoyte-Smith Barbados 4X400m hurdler (Olympic bronze 1980)
16 Dec 1955
Graeme Stevenson cricketer (England medium pacer 1980-81)
16 Dec 1955
Prince Lorenz of Belgium Archduke of Austria-Este
16 Dec 1959
Alison La Placa NJ actress (Duet Catherine-John Larroquette Show)
16 Dec 1959
Steven Irvine rock drummer (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
16 Dec 1961
William Melvin Bill Hicks Valdosta Georgia American stand-up comedian and social critic
16 Dec 1961
Kelly Tough playmate (Oct 1981) born in Vancouver British Columbia
16 Dec 1962
Maruschka Detmers Schoonebeek Holland actress (Devil in the Flesh)
16 Dec 1962
Melanie Smith actress (Emily-As the World Turns) born in Scranton Pennsylvania
16 Dec 1962
William The Refrigerator Perry NFL defensive back (Chicago Bears)
16 Dec 1963
Benjamin Bratt California actor (Det Reynaldo Curtis-Law & Order)
16 Dec 1963
Brian Clark Brandon Man Canadian Tour golfer (1994 Morden Pro-Am)
16 Dec 1963
Cathy Johnston American golfer (du Maurier Classic 1990) born in High Point North Carolina
16 Dec 1963
Silvio Diliberto WLAF kicker (Amsterdam Admirals)
16 Dec 1964
Billy Ripken 2nd baseman (Bal Orioles Texas Rangers) born in Havre de Grace Maryland
16 Dec 1964
Evelyn Conley WPVA volleyballer (US Open-7th-1989) born in San Francisco California
16 Dec 1964
Gail Harris Dewsbury England actress (Virtual Desire)
16 Dec 1964
Heike Drechsler Gera German DR sprinter (1988 world record)
16 Dec 1965
Brent Franklin Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Japan Open-2nd) born in Barrie Ontario
16 Dec 1965
Chris Jones outfielder (NY Mets) born in Utica New York
16 Dec 1965
Moe Elewonibi NFLCFL tackle (Philadelphia Eagles BC Lions)
16 Dec 1965
Page Dunlap Harrisonburg VA LPGA golfer (1994 Atlanta Womens-8th)
16 Dec 1965
Romallis Ellis lightweight boxer (Olympic bronze 1988) born in Washington D.C.
16 Dec 1966
Clifford Robinson NBA center (Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers)
16 Dec 1967
Donovan Bailey Manchester Jamaica Canada 100m runner (Olympic 2 gold-96)
16 Dec 1968
Darryll Lewis NFL cornerback (HoustonTennessee Oilers)
16 Dec 1968
Paul Scherrer American actor (Children of Corn II Free Spirit) born in Rochester New York
16 Dec 1968
Wendy Doolan Australian LPGA golfer (1991 British Amat Champ-2nd) born in Sydney New South Wales
16 Dec 1969
Charles Mincy NFL safety (Minnesota Vikings Tampa Bay Buccaneers)
16 Dec 1969
Craig White cricketer (England all-rounder 1994-95 AIS graduate)
16 Dec 1969
Martin Ulrich hockey defenseman (Team Austria 1998)
16 Dec 1971
Catherine Cathy Symon rower (Olympics 1996) born in Washington D.C.
16 Dec 1971
Kristen Kane diver (Olympics 1996) born in Jacksonville Florida
16 Dec 1971
Michael McCary American R&B singer (Boyz II Men) born in Philadelphia Pennsylvania
16 Dec 1973
Kristie Boogert Rotterdam Neth tennis star (1996 Paris)
16 Dec 1973
Scott Storch Canadian-American hip-hop producer
16 Dec 1973
Mariza [Marisa dos Reis Nunes] Portuguese singer (fado genre) born in Maputo Portuguese Mozambique
16 Dec 1975
Nawo Kawakita Japanese drummer (Maximum the Hormone)
16 Dec 1975
Benjamin Kowalewicz Canadian musician (Billy Talent)
16 Dec 1977
ric Blanger Canadian ice hockey player
16 Dec 1775
Francois-Adrien Boieldieu French composer the French Mozart (d. 1834)
16 Dec 1790
Leopold I King of Belgium (1831-65) born in Ehrenburg Palace Coburg Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld Holy Roman Empire (d. 1865)
16 Dec 1847
Augusta French composer born in Paris France (d.
16 Dec 1906
John Morrison 1st Baron Margadale English politician and landowner last non-royal to be raised to the peerage in UK (1965) (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1943
Steven Bochco American TV producer and co-creator of Hill Street Blues LA Law and NYPD Blue born in New York City (d. 2018)
16 Dec 1946
Terence Knox American actor (Peter-St Elsewhere) born in Richland Washington
16 Dec 1968
Wendy Doolan Australian golfer (Evian Masters 2004) born in Sydney New South Wales
16 Dec 1979
Trevor Immelman South African golfer (US Masters 2008) born in Cape Town Western Cape
16 Dec 1981
Flo Rida [Tramar Dillard] American rapper born in Carol City Florida
16 Dec 1982
Antrel Rolle National Football League defensive back
16 Dec 1584
John Selden English jurist and oriental scholar born in Salvington Sussex England (d. 1654)
16 Dec 1847
Augusta Holmes Irish-French pianist and composer born in Paris France (d. 1903)
16 Dec 1869
Alfred Hill Australian-New Zealand composer and conductor (Hinemoa) born in Melbourne Australia (d. 1960)
16 Dec 1882
Zoltn Kodly Hungarian composer and ethnomusicologist (Psalmus Hungaricus Hary Janos) born in Kecskemt Hungary (d. 1967)
16 Dec 1883
Max Linder [Gabriel-Maximilien Leuvielle] French actor comic and director (Seven Years Bad Luck Max Prend un Bain) born in Saint-Loubs Gironde France (d. 1925)
16 Dec 1919
Manke Nelis [Cornelis Pieters] Dutch folk vocalist (Small Yodel Boy)
16 Dec 1931
Kenneth Gilbert Canadian harpsichordist organist musicologist and educator born in Montreal Quebec (d. 2020)
16 Dec 1933
[John Robert] Johnny Hammond Smith American jazz and bop organist (Wild Horses Rock Steady) born in Louisville Kentucky (d. 1997)
16 Dec 1936
Maurice Setters English soccer wing half (West Bromwich Albion Manchester United Stoke City) and manager (Doncaster Rovers) born in Honiton England (d. 2020)
16 Dec 1937
Jim Glaser American singer (Glaser Bros-Getting to Me Again) born in Spalding Nebraska
16 Dec 1940
Dimitri van Toren Dutch singer-songwriter born in Breda Netherlands (d. 2015)
16 Dec 1941
Vittorio Mezzogiorno Italian actor (Cafe Express Octopus) born in Cercola Italy (d. 1994)
16 Dec 1945
Tony Hicks British rock guitarist (The Hollies) born in Nelson England
16 Dec 1945
Bobby George English darts player (BDO World Cship 1980 84 runner-up) born in Manor Park Essex England
16 Dec 1946
Adriaan van Dis Dutch author (Promised Country) born in Bergen aan Zee Netherlands
16 Dec 1946
Fred Borgman Dutch 2nd chamber member (CDA) born in Aalsmeer Netherlands (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1946
Trevor Pinnock English conductor and harpsichordist (The English Concert) born in Canterbury England
16 Dec 1946
Eduard Krieger Austrian soccer defensive midfielder (25 caps Austria Wien Club Brugge K.V. LASK Linz) born in Vienna Austria (d. 2019)
16 Dec 1947
Ben Cross English actor (Chariots of Fire Star Trek) born in London England (d. 2020)
16 Dec 1962
William The Refrigerator Perry NFL defensive lineman (Chicago Bears) born in Aiken South Carolina
16 Dec 1966
Clifford Robinson American basketball center (NBA All Star 1994 6th Man of Year Award 1993 Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers) born in Buffalo New York (d. 2020)
16 Dec 1968
Yannick Allno French chef born in Puteaux France
16 Dec 1652
Giovanni Maria Casini Italian organist composer and priest born in Florence Grand Duchy of Tuscany (now Italy) (d. 1719)
16 Dec 1748
Ferdinand-Philippe-Joseph Staes Flemish harpsichordist organist and composer baptized in Brussels (d. 1809)
16 Dec 1775
Francois-Adrien Boieldieu French opera composer known as the French Mozart porn in Rouen France (d. 1834)
16 Dec 1822
Charles Edward Horsley British organist conductor and composer born in London (d. 1876)
16 Dec 1825
Robert Prescott Stewart Irish composer organist conductor and teacher born in Dublin (d. 1894)
16 Dec 1882
Sir Jack Hobbs English cricket batsman (61 Tests 5410 runs 56.94 15 x 100s leading 1st-class run-scorer [61760] and century-maker [199] Surry) born in Cambridge England (d. 1963)
16 Dec 1882
Zoltn Kodly Hungarian composer and ethno-musicologist (Psalmus Hungaricus Hary Janos) born in Kecskemt Hungary (d. 1967)
16 Dec 1893
Vladimir Golschmann French-American conductor (St. Louis Symphony 1931-57) born in Paris France (d. 1972)
16 Dec 1910
Robert Noehren American organist and educator born in Buffalo New York (d. 2002)
16 Dec 1910
Stanojlo Rajii Serbian composer educator and musicologist born in Belgrade Kingdom of Serbia (d. 2000)
16 Dec 1915
Georgy Sviridov Soviet Russian neo-romantic composer (The Blizzard Time Forward) born in Fatezh Kursk Governorate Russian Empire (d. 1998)
16 Dec 1915
Melvin Turk Murphy American Dixieland jazz trombonist born in Palermo California (d. 1987)
16 Dec 1918
Pierre Delano [Leroyer] French songwriter and lyricist born in Paris (d. 2006)
16 Dec 1919
Manke Nelis [Cornelis Pieters] Dutch folk-pop vocalist (Small Yodel Boy) and double bassist born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1993)
16 Dec 1922
Seymour Cy Leslie American music (Pickwick Records) and video (MGMUA Home Entertainment) executive born in Israel (d. 2008)
16 Dec 1923
Werner Haentjes German conductor and composer of operas and film scores born in Bocholt Germany (d. 2001)
16 Dec 1926
Josef Hadar Israeli violinist and composer (Evening of Roses) born in Tel Aviv Mandatory Palestine (now Israel) (d. 2006)
16 Dec 1926
Alfred Koerppen German organist composer and educator born in Wiesbaden Germany
16 Dec 1926
James McCracken American operatic tenor (Otello) born in Gary Indiana (d. 1988)
16 Dec 1931
Karl Denver [Angus McKenzie] Scottish pop singer (Never Say Goodbye Wimoweh) born in Springburn Glasgow Scotland
16 Dec 1932
Rodion Konstantinovich Schedrin Soviet-Russian pianist organist and composer (The Little Hump-backed Horse) born in Moscow Russia
16 Dec 1934
John L. Rotz American thoroughbred jockey (Preakness Stakes 1962 Belmont Stakes 1970 Racing Hall of Fame 1983) born in Niantic Illinois (d. 2021)
16 Dec 1935
Howard Quilling American classical composer (From Quiet Beginnings) and educator born in Enid Oklahoma (d. 2016)
16 Dec 1937
Joyce Bulifant American actress (The Mary Tyler Moore Show - Marie Slaughter) born in Newport News Virginia
16 Dec 1937
Bobby Porcelli American Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz saxophone and flute player born in New York City
16 Dec 1946
Benny Andersson Swedish pop composer and musician (ABBA) born in Stockholm Sweden
16 Dec 1946
Goolam Rajah South African cricket administrator (manager RSA national team 1991-2011) born in Johannesburg South Africa (d. 2021)
16 Dec 1949
Billy Gibbons American blues-rock guitarist (Moving Sidewalks ZZ Top - Cheap Sunglasses Legs) born in Houston Texas
16 Dec 1949
Sugar Blue [Jimmie Whiting] American touring and session blues harmonica player (Louisiana Red Rolling Stones) born in Harlem New York City
16 Dec 1951
Robben Ford American jazz rock and blues guitarist (L.A. Express Yellowjackets) born in Woodlake California
16 Dec 1956
Tommy Burns Scottish soccer midfielder (8 caps Celtic Kilmarnock) and manager (Scotland Celtic Kilmarnock Reading) born in Glasgow Scotland (d. 2008)
16 Dec 1959
Stephen Irvine Scottish rock drummer (Lloyd Cole & The Commotions) born in Scotland
16 Dec 1961
William Melvin Bill Hicks American stand-up comedian and social critic born in Valdosta Georgia
16 Dec 1961
LaChanze [Rhonda LaChanze Sapp] American Broadway actress (The Color Purple) born in St. Augustine Florida
16 Dec 1963
Jeff Carson American country singer born in Tulsa Oklahoma
16 Dec 1967
Donovan Bailey Canadian athlete (WR 100m 9.84 1996 Olympic gold 100m 4x100m 1996 World Cship gold 100m 4x100m 1995 4x100m 1997) born in Manchester Parish Jamaica
16 Dec 1971
Paul van Dyk Mattias Paul] German DJ and record producer born in Eisenhttenstadt Germany
16 Dec 1973
Mariza [Marisa dos Reis Nunes] Portuguese fado singer born in Maputo Portuguese Mozambique
16 Dec 1975
Nawo Kawakita Japanese heavy metal drummer (Maximum the Hormone)
16 Dec 1975
Benjamin Kowalewicz Canadian rock singer and songwriter (Billy Talent) born in Pierrefonds Quebec
16 Dec 1975
Jacob Jake Cinninger American rock guitarist and songwriter (Umphreys McGee) born in Niles Michigan
16 Dec 1622
Cort Adeler Norwegian admiral ship builder (served Dutch Venetian and Danish navies) born in Brevik Norway (d. 1675)
16 Dec 1669
Arnold Boonen Dutch portrait painter born in Dordrecht Dutch Republic (d. 1729)
16 Dec 1775
Francois-Adrien Boieldieu French opera composer known as the French Mozart (La dame blanche - The White Lady) born in Rouen France (d. 1834)
16 Dec 1809
Pieter van Bosse Dutch politician Liberal Minister of Finance born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1879)
16 Dec 1827
Jean Abraham Oudemans Dutch geographer and astronomer born in Amsterdam Netherlands (d. 1906)
16 Dec 1834
Leon Walras French economist (border use theory) born in vreux France (d. 1910)
16 Dec 1850
Fred Morley English cricket fast bowler (4 Tests 16 wickets BB 556 Nottinghamshire CCC) born in Sutton-in-Ashfield England (d. 1884)
16 Dec 1851
Theodoor de Meester Dutch premier (1905-08) born in Harderwijk Netherlands (d. 1919)
16 Dec 1862
Eugene Demolder Belgian writer (Sous la robe) born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Belgium (d. 1919)
16 Dec 1863
George Santayana Spanish-American philosopher poet and humanist (Last Puritan) born in Madrid Spain (d. 1952)
16 Dec 1863
Ralph Adams Cram American gothic architect (Cathedral of St Joan NYC) born in Hampton Falls New Hampshire (d. 1942)
16 Dec 1869
Albert Pollard British historian (Dictionary of Natural Biography) born in Ryde England (d. 1948)
16 Dec 1882
Walther Meissner German physicist (Meissner effect) born in Berlin German Empire (d. 1974)
16 Dec 1888
Alphonse Juin French general and Marshal born in Bne French Algeria (d. 1967)
16 Dec 1895
Lidj Jasu [Iyasu] Emperor of Ethiopia (1913-16) born in Dessie Ethiopia (d. 1935)
16 Dec 1897
Jacobus Petrus Duminy South African cricketer and academic (three Tests for South Africa 1927-29) born in Cape Town South Africa (d. 1980)
16 Dec 1899
Harold Walter Bailey British philologist (Khotanese Sanskrit scholar who spoke 50 languages) born in Devizes England (d. 1996
16 Dec 1900
V. S. Pritchett British literary critic and writer (Myth Makers) born in Suffolk (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1903
Rafael Alberti Spanish poet (El hombre deshabitado one of the Generation of 27) born in El Puerto de Santa Mara Spain (d. 1999) [1]
16 Dec 1904
Edward Morris Bernstein American economist (US negotiator at Bretton Woods conference and establishment of IMF) born in New Jersey (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1907
Ray C. Bliss American Republican party figure (Chairman Republican National Committee 1965-69) born in Akron Ohio (d. 1981)
16 Dec 1907
Syd Curnow South African cricket batsman (7 Tests HS 47 Transvaal) born in Benoni South Africa (d. 1986)
16 Dec 1908
Remedios Varo Spanish-Mexican surrealist artist (Eyes on the table Useless Science or the Alchemist) born in Angls Spain (d. 1963) [1]
16 Dec 1909
Henricus Verbunt Dutch civil servant and resistance fighter born in Tilburg Netherlands (d. 1944)
16 Dec 1909
Lall Singh Indian cricketer (scored 15 & 29 in Indias 1st Test match) (d. 1985)
16 Dec 1910
Freddie Brown English cricketer (Lettuces Hearts as big as ) born in Lima Peru (d. 1991)
16 Dec 1916
Theo Bitter Dutch painter and set designer (d. 1994)
16 Dec 1916
Udom Patpongsiri Thai property developer (Father of the Thai sex industry) (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1917
Nabi Bux Khan Baloch Pakistani Sindhi scholar (compiled first Sindhi-English dictionary) born in Jaffer Khan Laghari Sinjhoro British India (d. 2011) [1]
16 Dec 1918
Henry Clarke American fashion photographer (Vogue) born in Los Angeles California (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1923
(Silvio) Tip Marugg Antillian poet and writer (Weekend Pilgrimage) born in Willemstad Curaao (d. 2006)
16 Dec 1926
Alfred Koerppen German organist composer and educator (Hannover Hochschule fr Musik und Theater 1948-91) born in Wiesbaden Germany (d. 2022)
16 Dec 1928
Philip K Dick American sci-fi author (Hugo-1963 Blade Runner) born in Chicago Illinois
16 Dec 1929
Ian Board British barkeeper (the Colony Room) born in Devon (d. 1994)
16 Dec 1946
Chris Ellison [Ironside] British actor (The Bill - Frank Burnside) born in St Pancras London England
16 Dec 1950
Claudia Cohen American gossip columnist (NY Post - Page Six) and socialite born in Englewood New Jersey (d. 2007)
16 Dec 1950
Ieremia Tabai I-Kiribati politician (President of Kiribati 1979-91) born in Nonouti Kiribati (Gilbert Islands)
16 Dec 1950
Roy Schuiten Dutch cyclist born in Zandvoort Netherlands (d. 2006)
16 Dec 1955
Graham Stevenson English cricket medium pace bowler (2 Tests 5 wickets 4 ODIs Yorkshire CCC Northamptonshire CCC) born in Ackworth England
16 Dec 1956
Mike Gregory English darts player (BDO World Cship 1992 runner-up) born in Bath England (d. 2022)
16 Dec 1961
Bill Hicks American stand-up comedian and social critic born in Valdosta Georgia (d. 1994)
16 Dec 1963
James Mangold American filmmaker (Girl Interrupted Kate & Leopold Walk the Line Logan) born in New York City
16 Dec 1968
Darryll Lewis American NFL cornerback 1991-2001 (HoustonTennessee Oilers and 2 other teams) born in Bellflower California
16 Dec 1969
Adam Reiss American astrophysicist (2011 Nobel Prize for Physics for discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe) born in Washington D.C.
16 Dec 1969
Charles Mincy American NFL safety 1991-99 (Kansas City Chiefs Tampa Bay Buccaneers and 2 other teams) born in Los Angeles California
16 Dec 1973
Scott Storch Canadian-American hip-hop producer born on Long Island New York
16 Dec 1857
Edward Emerson Barnard American astronomer (Jupiters 5th satellite) born in Nashville Tennessee (d. 1923)
16 Dec 1888
Alexander I Serbian monarch (King of the Serbs Croats and Slovenes 1921-29 King of Yugoslavia 1921-34) born in Cetinje Montenegro (d. 1934)
16 Dec 1897
Jacobus Petrus Duminy South African cricket batsman (3 Tests Western Province Transvaal Oxford University CC) and academic (principal & vice-chancellor University of Cape Town) born in Cape Town South Africa (d. 1980)
16 Dec 1922
Pierre Chany French cycling journalist (49 x Tour de France Lquipe) born in Langeac Haute-Loire France (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1923
Menahem Pressler Israeli-American classical pianist (Beaux Arts Trio 1955-2008) and educator (Indian University 1955-2023) born in Magdeburg Germany (d. 2023)
16 Dec 1928
Philip K. Dick American sci-fi author (Hugo-1963 Blade Runner) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1982)
16 Dec 1933
Charles L. Blockson American historian author bibliophile and curator (co-founder of the African American Museum in Philadelphia) born in Norristown Pennsylvania (d. 2023)
16 Dec 1964
Anfisa Reztsova Russian biathlete (Olympic gold 7.5k sprint 1992 47.5k relay 1994) and c-c skier (Olympic gold 45k relay 1988 World Cship gold 45k relay 1985 87 99) born in Yakimets Russia (d. 2023)
16 Dec 1964
Billy Ripken American baseball 2nd baseman (Baltimore Orioles Texas Rangers) and broadcaster (XM Satellite Radio MLB Network) born in Havre de Grace Maryland
16 Dec 1965
J.B. Smoove [Jerry Brooks] American actor comedian and writer (SNL 2003-06 Curb Your Enthusiasm) born in Plymouth North Carolina
16 Dec 1971
Laurence Cottle Welsh session rock jazz and jazz-fusion bass guitarist and composer (Earthworks Alan Parsons Project Black Sabbath) born in Swansea Wales
16 Dec 1972
Pavlo Shkapenko Ukrainian midfielderstriker (10 caps FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Torpedo Moscow) born in Zaporizhia Ukraine (d. 2023)
16 Dec 1973
Scott Storch Canadian-American hip-hop producer born in Long Island New York
16 Dec 1614
Eberhard III Duke and ruler of Wrttemberg born in Stuttgart (d. 1674)
16 Dec 1652
Giovanni Maria Casini Italian organist composer and priest born in Florence Grand Duchy of Tuscany (d. 1719)
16 Dec 1669
Arnold Boonen Dutch portrait painter born in Dordrecht Dutch Republic (d. 1729)
16 Dec 1716
Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini Duc de Nivernais French diplomat and writer born in Paris France (d. 1798)
16 Dec 1742
Gebhard Leberecht von Blcher Prussian Field Marshal during the Napoleonic Wars (Battle of Waterloo) born in Rostock Mecklenburg (d. 1819)
16 Dec 1775
Franois-Adrien Boieldieu French opera composer known as the French Mozart (La dame blanche - The White Lady) born in Rouen France (d. 1834)
16 Dec 1776
Johann Wilhelm Ritter German physicist who discovered ultraviolet radiation born in Samitz bei Haynau Silesia (d. 1810)
16 Dec 1787
Mary Russell Mitford English writer and playwright (Our Village) born in Alresford England (d. 1855)
16 Dec 1804
Viktor Bunyakovsky Russian mathematician who worked on number theory and discovered the Cauchy-Schwarz inequality born in Bar Russian Empire(d. 1889)
16 Dec 1819
Robert S. Garnett American soldier Brigadier General in the Confederate Army 1st general to die in the Civil War born in Essex County Virginia(d. 1861)
16 Dec 1822
Charles Edward Horsley British organist conductor and composer born in London England (d. 1876)
16 Dec 1825
Henry Heth American Major General in the Confederate Army (accidently started Battle of Gettysburg) born in Blackheath Virginia (d. 1899)
16 Dec 1830
John Frederick Hartranft American politician (17th Governor of Pennsylvania 1873-1879) and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in New Hanover Township Pennsylvania (d. 1889)
16 Dec 1834
Leon Walras French economist (border use theory) born in vreux France (d. 1910)
16 Dec 1861
Antonio de La Gandara French painter of the Belle poque born in Paris France (d. 1917)
16 Dec 1862
Eugene Demolder Belgian writer (Sous la robe) born in Sint-Jans-Molenbeek Belgium (d. 1919)
16 Dec 1865
Victor Rousseau Belgian sculptor born in Feluy Belgium (d. 1954)
16 Dec 1867
Amy Carmichael Irish Christian missionary in Dohnavur India born in Millisle County Down Ireland (d. 1951)
16 Dec 1869
Hristo Tatarchev Bulgarian and Macedonian revolutionary founded Macedonian-Adrianople Revolutionary Organization (VMORO) born in Resen Ottoman Empire (d. 1952)
16 Dec 1872
Anton Ivanovich Denikin Russian general led anti-Bolshevik White forces during Russian Civil war born near Warsaw Russian Empire (d. 1947)
16 Dec 1899
Harold Walter Bailey British philologist (Khotanese Sanskrit scholar who spoke 50 languages) born in Devizes England (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1903
Buster Moten [Ira Smith] American jazz accordionist (Bennie Motens Kansas City Orchestra - South Moten Swing) born in Kansas City Missouri (d. 19675)
16 Dec 1905
Piet Hein Dutch poet and inventor born in Copenhagen Denmark (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1906
John Morrison 1st Baron Margadale English landowner politician (MP for Salisbury 1942-65) and horse breeder born in Wiltshire England (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1916
Ruth Johnson Colvin American literacy advocate (Literacy Volunteers of America ProLiteracy Worldwide) and writer (Off the Beaten Path Stories of People Around the World) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 2024)
16 Dec 1916
Theo Bitter Dutch painter and set designer born in The Hague Netherlands (d. 1994)
16 Dec 1924
Mildred Miller (Posvar ne Mller) American mezzo-soprano (Metropolitan Opera 1951-74 The Marriage of Figaro - Cherubino) and artistic director (Opera Theater of Pittsburgh 1978-99) born in Cleveland Ohio (d. 2023)
16 Dec 1927
Peter Dickinson British poet and author (Heartsease City of Gold) born in Livingstone Northern Rhodesia (d. 2015)
16 Dec 1927
Randall Garrett American author (Too Many Magicians Takeoff) born in Lexington Missouri (d. 1987)
16 Dec 1928
Doug Ford Australian cricket wicket-keeper (successful NSW of 50s) born in Maryville New South Wales (d. 2019)
16 Dec 1928
Peter Nailor British civil servant historian and academic born in UK (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1931
Karl Denver [Angus McKenzie] Scottish pop singer (Never Say Goodbye Wimoweh) born in Springburn Glasgow Scotland (d. 1998)
16 Dec 1931
Lars Bjrn Swedish International Ice Hockey Fed HOF defenceman (217 caps World Cship gold 1953 57 Olympic bronze 1952 Djurgrdens IF) born in Stockholm Sweden (d. 2024)
16 Dec 1934
(Herman) Pete Wade American country and pop session guitarist (Nashville A-Team Lynn Anderson - Rose Garden Crystal Gayle - Dont It Make My Brown Eyes Blue) born in Norfolk Virginia (d. 2024)
16 Dec 1936
Morris Dees American attorney founder of the Southern Poverty Law Center born in Shorter Alabama
16 Dec 1938
Frank Deford American sportswriter (Sports Illustrated HBO NPRs Morning Edition) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 2017)
16 Dec 1941
Kent R. Weeks American archaeologist began The Theban Mapping Project rediscovered KV5 tomb born in Everett Washington
16 Dec 1941
Lesley Stahl American television journalist (CBS 60 Minutes) born in Boston Massachusetts
16 Dec 1942
Donald Carcieri American businessman and politician Governor of Rhode Island (2003-11) born in East Greenwich Rhode Island
16 Dec 1945
Patti Deutsch American actress and Match Game panelist born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania (d. 2017)
16 Dec 1945
Yukio Hattori Japanese TV personality Iron Chef commentator born in Tokyo Japan
16 Dec 1947
Vincent Matthews American athlete (Olympic gold 1968 4x400m 1968 400m 1972) born in Queens New York
16 Dec 1948
Christopher Biggins English actor known for I Claudius born in Oldham England
16 Dec 1952
Francesco Graziani Italian soccer forward (64 caps Torino 221 games) and manager (Fiorentina Reggina Avellino Catania) born in Subiaco Italy
16 Dec 1952
Joel Garner West Indian cricket fast bowler (58 Tests 259 wickets BB 656 98 ODIs Barbados Somerset CCC South Australia) born in Christ Church Barbados
16 Dec 1955
Carol Browner American Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency under Clinton born in Miami Florida
16 Dec 1955
Prince Lorenz of Belgium Archduke of Austria-Este born in Boulogne-Billancourt France
16 Dec 1958
Bart Oates American football center (Super Bowl XXI XXV NY Giants XXIX SF 49ers 5 Pro Bowl) born in Mesa Arizona
16 Dec 1959
Alison La Placa American actress (Duet John Larroquette Show) born in Lincolnshire Illinois
16 Dec 1960
Cathal Coughlan Irish singer-songwriter (Microdisney The Fatima Mansions) born in Glounthaune County Cork Ireland (d. 2022)
16 Dec 1960
Pat Van Den Hauwe Welsh soccer defender (13 caps Birmingham City Everton Tottenham Hotspur Millwall) born in Dendermonde Belgium
16 Dec 1962
Maruschka Detmers Dutch actress (Devil in the Flesh) born in Schoonebeek Netherlands
16 Dec 1963
Benjamin Bratt American actor (Det Reynaldo Curtis in Law & Order) born in San Francisco California
16 Dec 1964
Gail Harris English adult entertainment actress publisher and entrepreneur born in Dewsbury England
16 Dec 1964
Heike Drechsler German athlete (Olympic gold Long jump 1992 2000 World Cship gold 1983 93 WR 1986 7.45m WR 200m 21.71s 1986) born in Gera Germany
16 Dec 1966
Clifford Robinson American basketball center (NBA All-Star 1994 6th Man of Year Award 1993 Phoenix Suns Portland Trail Blazers) born in Buffalo New York (d. 2020)
16 Dec 1966
Dennis Wise English soccer midfielder (16 caps Chelsea 332 games) and manager (Millwall Southampton Swindon Town Leeds United) born in Kensington England
16 Dec 1967
Miranda Otto Australian actress known for The Lord of the Rings born in Brisbane Australia
16 Dec 1969
Craig White English cricket all-rounder (30 Tests 1 x 100 HS 121 59 wickets Yorkshire CCC Victoria Central Districts) born in Morley England
16 Dec 1971
Paul van Dyk [Mattias Paul] German DJ and record producer born in Eisenhttenstadt Germany
16 Dec 1972
Angela Bloomfield New Zealand actress known for Shortland Street born in Auckland New Zealand
16 Dec 1972
eljko Kalac Australian soccer player (AC Milan) and coach born in Sydney New South Wales
16 Dec 1974
Frida Hallgren Swedish actress known for As It Is in Heaven born in Stockholm Sweden
16 Dec 1778
Franciszek Ksawery Drucki-Lubecki Polish politician and Minister of the Treasury of the Kingdom of Poland born in Pohost PolishLithuanian Commonwealth (d. 1846) [1] [2]
16 Dec 1825
Robert Prescott Stewart Irish composer organist conductor and teacher born in Dublin Ireland. 1894)
16 Dec 1916
Udom Patpongsiri Thai property developer (Father of the Thai sex industry) born in Thailand (d. 1996)
16 Dec 1917
Murray Kempton American journalist columnist and Pulitzer Prize recipient (1985) born in Baltimore Maryland (d. 1997) [1]
16 Dec 1922
Seymour Cy Leslie American music (Pickwick Records) and video (MGMUA Home Entertainment) executive born in New York City (d. 2008)
16 Dec 1926
Josef Hadar Israeli violinist and composer (Evening of Roses) born in Tel Aviv Mandatory Palestine (d. 2006)
16 Dec 1932
Daniel Kleppner American experimental physicist known for his work on Bose-Einstein condensation born in New York City (d. 2025) [1]
16 Dec 1937
Jim Glaser American country music singer (Tompall & the Glaser Brothers - Lovin Her Was Easier (Than Anything Ill Ever Do Again) solo - Youre Gettin to Me Again) born in Spalding Nebraska (d. 2019)
16 Dec 1941
Peter Brown Scottish rugby union back-rower and captain (27 Tests Glasgow District RFC) born in Troon Scotland (d. 2025)
16 Dec 1944
Nxau [Toma] Namibian farmer and actor (The Gods Must Be Crazy) born in Tsumkwe Namibia (d. 2007)
16 Dec 1945
Tony Hicks British rock guitarist (The Hollies - Bus Stop Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress) born in Nelson England
16 Dec 1945
Yukio Hattori [Yukihiko Someya] Japanese food critic and television commentator (Iron Chef) born in Tokyo Japan (d. 2024)
16 Dec 1947
Theo Vonk Dutch soccer manager (Sparta Rotterdam FC Twente FC Groningen AZ Roda JC Heracles) born in Uitgeest Netherlands (d. 2025)
16 Dec 1948
Christopher Biggins British actor (I Claudius Porridge) born in Oldham England
16 Dec 1961
Shane Black American screenwriter (Lethal Weapon The Last Boy Scout) and dierctor (Kiss Kiss Bang Bang) born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania
16 Dec 1962
Melanie Smith American actress (As the World Turns Star Trek Deep Space Nine) born in Scranton Pennsylvania
16 Dec 1964
Billy Ripken American baseball second baseman (Baltimore Orioles Texas Rangers) and broadcaster (XM Satellite Radio MLB Network) born in Havre de Grace Maryland
16 Dec 1967
Miranda Otto Australian actress (owyn in Lord of the Rings Annabelle Creation The War of Rohirrim) born in Brisbane Australia
16 Dec 1972
Angela Bloomfield New Zealand actress (Rachel McKenna in Shortland Street) born in Auckland New Zealand